“Do I really need to do this?” Mora asked as he sat at the table, staring down the plate of food in front of him as his face twisted. “It just looks so weird.”
“Mora, if you’re going to be using a body, that means keeping it alive,” Ben told him. “It’s a big responsibility, if you’re going to do this then you need to take care of it.”
“Ben, you’re making it sound like taking care of a pet,” Thera sighed.
“I mean, it’s not entirely different. B...
2025-05-27 15:02:48 +0000 UTC View PostMan, what a month may was. By which I mean what a busy month, that felt hectic and just built on top of april too. It won't be june but july I might take another tuesday off to try and get as much of a re-read done as possible in that little three day span, I suppose I'll let you guys know for sure during the next poll if I feel like I might need the little extra leeway but that's a future problem so until then, pick what catches your eye and have a great one!
2025-05-26 08:29:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Jake, you are still my boyfriend, right?” Amy asked through narrowed eyes, her arms comfortably wrapped around Yuzu while she addressed the other with them.
“I mean, unless I’ve been demoted and nobody mentioned it to me, yeah.”
“Yeah, of course,” Amy went on. “We’re intimate, we go on dates when we have time, and occasionally, you even try to be a little romantic, even if me and Yuzu are both mainly filling our desires on that front together-”
“I’m ...
2025-05-26 01:11:09 +0000 UTC View Post“So, I guess I should probably ask now before it matters. How many people already know I’m a third tier? Has some announcement been made about it?” Ben asked the gods as the night wore on, all of them still looking exhausted from the conversations before and leaving Myriad to answer.
“I personally haven’t made the rest of my believers aware, considering how many live in town with you and in Anailia too, I’d assumed you’d want some privacy on the matter until you’d said o...
2025-05-25 14:09:51 +0000 UTC View PostLaying down in his bed, Mora stared at the ceiling above, not spending the night enjoying any of the books or games he’d been given but instead lost in his thoughts now that he was finally home, being back in Stonewall reminding him of the disaster he’d left it in.
There were no signs of Bloom’s carnage left, Ben having fixed it all but the memories were still there, eating at him and his shortcomings. His own childishness, something he was usually good at managing, had been the c...
2025-05-23 09:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post“Ben, why are you a god now?” Mora asked in naked confusion when he arrived, perking up Delair, Fontesh, and Sachel who were all in the room with them in shock and surprise as he scooped the boy up.
“Because I managed to have a very, very productive day yesterday,” He laughed. “More importantly, did you have a good time? You behaved for Fontesh, didn’t you?”
“He did but I don’t think that’s more important,” The dryad told him, looking between him and the othe...
2025-05-22 08:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post“You know, now that I can see what you’re about to do, it’s somehow an even worse idea than I was expecting,” Thera sighed. “I wonder why I can’t fix whatever’s wrong in your head to make you like this.”
“Alright, kind of hurtful.”
“Yeah? And if things go as wrong as you’re expecting but I’m not able to cut off your arm in time, how bad do you think it will get?”
“...I mean, I still have absolute confidence that you’ll be able to handle things...
2025-05-20 14:04:54 +0000 UTC View PostWith images flashing so fast that to others they’d look blurry and indistinct, Ben sat and watched with all of the bodies he had, taking in information with interest as the known multiverse was laid out before him.
Even as powerful as the grey were, there were limits to what they could perceive if the laws a reality contained were too different. Some were just too alien from their perception, either holding too many spatial dimensions to be able to comprehend or worse, multiple time d...
2025-05-18 07:58:11 +0000 UTC View PostMoving from town to town after such a span working at the larger hospitals in bigger cities, nothing was more inescapable than just how under control everything was.
In the past, whenever she went anywhere around Stonewall, things had felt frantic. The healers would be overworked and in short supply too but the presence of the small gate network made in the heart of her town had changed that, along with the demidemons going out to work through it. In each stop she’d made, she would fi...
2025-05-16 18:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostOnce work was done at his factory he returned to the shop, making use of his warehouse and all of the clones he kept within as they started to move and make, leaving his true body to sit at the heart of it all and think.
Every second of the day he could feel a million different ideas forming in his head as different bits of knowledge were put together in a puzzle with no final form. There was so much to do and test and he needed to start somewhere, with part of that focus being directed...
2025-05-15 18:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostBy the end, Ben was resting his head against the pod that held the man he’d just done his best to save, conflict running deep in his as he did while Nare spoke up at the display.
<Ben, you did you’re best, I don’t->
“I succeeded,” Ben cut him off. “Mostly, I succeeded. It’s not to the point I would have liked but… Well, as things stand, I don’t know if I can do any better.”
<What? That’s wonderful but then why do you look so troubled?>
He was back at Pelenia’s residence by the time the god he wanted answered, Ben left sitting outside to stare at the buildings as he waited, only perking up to the sound of Nare’s voice in his head.
<Myriad said you were looking for me for something? What can I do for you, Ben?>
Alright, so this is kind of a tough ask and if you don’t want me to then I won’t, so just keep that in mind.
<An immediately worrying statement.>
Yeah, maybe. Yo...
2025-05-11 04:35:52 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note
Edited to fix the chapter number I'd typed in wrong :(
“So Asher, you been adjusting well to the world?” Ben asked. “And Taya, you adjusting to existing?”
“I don’t think existing requires much adjustment,” The lightning spirit laughed while the wraith tilted his head in thought.
“It’s been unexpected but the spirits have been helping me adjust and the country has been kind to me. Compared to my life before, I have no complaints, a...
2025-05-09 16:42:33 +0000 UTC View PostAs the night ended and the levels went off in his head he was immediately aware of his realm expanding and it left the part of him that was still up there to start redesigning the layout he had while his physical body got up to start the day, making way first to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and feeling a change in how he’d even do that, with the growth to his mind letting him see what were normally common ingredients he’d use in vastly different ways and decided to let himself push bo...
2025-05-08 15:33:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhile part of himself stayed with his gods, the rest below focused on different tasks. Discovering that he could access two different levels of reality at once was a boon that he knew he’d be exploiting, even if Myriad was already trying to limit it, and with Thera asleep beside him and a few hours of the night still to go he finally had some time to look at some of the changes in himself.
With the simplest being to examine his card, taking it from the nightstand beside him to fully l...
2025-05-05 17:13:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey all, something came up tuesday that I expect will have me busy from the moment I wake up until I get to fall asleep so I'll be posting it tomorrow on monday instead. Just wanted to let you all know
2025-05-04 16:22:55 +0000 UTC View Post“You give blessings with your soul?”
“Among other things,” Myriad admitted. “They go towards giving skills too, as well as placing covenants and, in our histories when we’d have the power for such things, some of us would place more powerful restrictions, curses on mortals we’d want to teach a lesson rather than sending them to the hells. In essence, it’s used to strengthen or restrict another.”
“Interesting, interesting,” Ben muttered, already reaching out t...
2025-05-04 11:48:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe scolding was long, everyone who’d healed him had their piece to say but the walk home was worse. At least among everyone else, he could enjoy the more positive reactions a bit among the more expected words about valuing his safety more and not putting himself at risk but going back through the empty streets of Stonewall was just himself and Thera, with his girlfriend’s silence feeling far louder than anything else and only made worse for his new mental structure, able to perceive a de...
2025-05-02 17:05:46 +0000 UTC View PostHe didn’t open his eyes when he went down, at least not immediately, with his focus directed to something beyond the world around him, his attention placed entirely on feeling the changes within himself.
With there being plenty on that front alone to sort out. Beyond the basic pain from what remained of his wounds, injuries still far worse than what he’d expected to find when his god had told him he was nearly fully healed, was what seemed like nearly endless strength filling him to...
2025-05-01 16:40:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, so how’s my body doing down there right now?” Ben asked his god, the cube’s exasperation coming off of him in waves.
“I’d say you’re ninety percent healed which, to be clear, means you’re still a complete mess.”
“Eh, ninety percent rounds up, I should finally be good enough.”
“To go down and face the music for nearly killing yourself in front of so many people who love you?” Helori asked him, easily imagining there being some choice words ...
2025-04-29 16:27:56 +0000 UTC View Post“So I suppose I’d first like to ask if the mystery skill you had us awaken contributed to all of this somehow,” Nare asked him, wondering if there could have been a connection with Helori laughing as she answered on his behalf.
“It strengthens the effects of inclinations, jobs, titles, and blessings. Take a guess.”
“That’s what it does? How, no, why haven’t I heard of it already?”
“Myriad asked me to keep it to myself,” He shrugged. “He thought some g...
2025-04-27 16:57:22 +0000 UTC View PostTaking a moment to think and freezing the world around him as he did, Ben took in the situation he’d found himself in, feeling out his options.
It was obvious why they’d come, with some wanting to put some sort of stop to him now that he was the holder of a very unfortunately named third-tier sacrilege while others were there to his defense, with both groups mattering less than the opportunities they presented, letting Ben getting the chance to view hundreds of that world’s gods t...
2025-04-25 15:05:34 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, new poll for april and what a month it’s been! I was sick for a solid three weeks during it so that sucked but it didn’t affect my posting which is what really mattered and other than that… Yeah, no, being sick and trying to keep on top of things besides that took up all of my time. Oh well, these things happen so for now, let’s give the options a look over and pick whatever suits you best
2025-04-24 23:35:58 +0000 UTC View PostJust gotta finish this show. Greed told himself. Get it done and then ask the biggest question of your life.
The ruby crab barely noticed the hustle and bustle around him by that point, he was long used to it. The song that had made him the biggest star on the planet was well memorized and he trusted his crew to perform well behind him while he sang, all that was left was getting through it and with only a few minutes left till showtime he already couldn’t wait for i...
2025-04-24 23:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe instant the connection formed, Myriad felt it and shot away with all of the power he held, throwing himself from his apostle as the boy hung there in the air before he righted himself, giving an awkward smile as he did.
“Well,” He said lightly. “That didn’t go quite as expected.”
“Ben?” Myriad asked, caution thick in his voice. “Are you okay?”
“Do I not seem okay?” He asked, perking an eyebrow to match his slanted grin, with the answer Myriad could ...
2025-04-24 17:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostWith food and drinks out of the highest calibre for all to enjoy and decorations to raise the atmosphere even higher, the atmosphere of the party had been good from the start but it was only as one guest joined, forcing Ben to his knees in penance, that couldn’t help but raise the moods of every person who’d wanted to see as much for the chaos he was so prone to cause, with Steph standing above him.
“Ben,” She asked,” Sounding more like an angry mother than an old friend. “W...
2025-04-22 18:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post“So, that went well for you guys too I hope,” He asked, not that he’d need to. He’d listened in their heads when blessings were handed out and skills acquired, with Will getting levels to all of his blessed skills and more while he already knew Amy had been able to level her weapon skill, with Jake managing to see some growth in his tier-one options.
And as great as that was for them, more important was the fact that Thera had gotten her level to her earth magic, placing her as ...
2025-04-20 12:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright,” Nare said when he arrived. “Before anything else, I’m going to politely ask you to stop pointing your little god-killing knife at me.”
“Excuse you, I didn’t just create this for it to instantly get misidentified. This is specifically my god-torturing knife, the fact that it will kill you eventually is really just a side effect. Now, since we’re buds I’m going to give you the chance to explain yourself before I leave and destroy the tower. Last time I had to ...
2025-04-18 16:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post“Is that a problem?” Thera asked him. “I mean, I know that would be hard for other people but you’ve succeeded in that before.”
She wasn’t seeing the issue that was making his knuckles crack from how hard he was squeezing his fists, none of them were. He’d made high-legendary items before, even if only a few, but a task like that seemed well within the realm of possibility for him if not for one thing. What the specific phrasing of those instructions meant and the fact tha...
2025-04-17 13:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostWhen he’d felt four hours pass he opened his eyes, happy enough with the break he’d gotten. In the years he’d been on that world he’d grown used to functioning on less and less sleep, his high stamina making it easier too but while he’d been expecting to prepare some more food while the others rested for a little longer he found a pair of eyes already on him, Thera watching him from his side.
“Ha, this is a surprise. Not often you’re up earlier than me.”
“I might...
2025-04-15 13:05:46 +0000 UTC View Post